Garry Golden

Professional futurists often say that one of the most common mistakes made in forecasting change is to overestimate change in the short term, or underestimate change in the long term. Too often change is hyped in the beginning; and ignored as a real long term disruptive force.
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My research notes on developments in energy markets/technologies:
Micro fuel cells markets: PolyFuel Cell membrane patent; Chinese patent for Viaspace; Toshiba’s membrane; Pallidum; Brookhaven uses gold to protect platinum; Oxygen isn’t a problem for hydrogenase in British bio fuel cell;
H2 / CO2 News: Russia dreams of H2 Electron Economy;
Solar News – Wake Forest’s […]

I am inspired by GM’s bold push into the all electric motor age of vehicle design… I have been watching their reinvention of vehicle design and manufacturing since their ‘Autonomy’ concept car…
See recent images of Volt’s new fuel cell/battery chassis - via CNET
Continue below to check out my cheat sheet… it is […]

Graphene catalysts break apart CO2… CNTs or graphene sheets?… Canada’s carbon eating enzymes… creating an artificial enzyme for cellular energy conversion… Solid state hydrogen storage… quantum dots and solar… Silicon Valley’s push into solar… selling wind equipment to China…

Things are shifting again on the ‘internet’ – the first area deals with the emergence of the ‘geo web’ and location based delivery of information/services; the second shift is the rapid rise of video (which is a mixture of forms of broadcast, user generated content, and using video as a social space itself…) (More […]

TXU KKR & Coal, Russia/Gazprom’s looks at hydrogen, artificial photosynthesis, DOE grants in thin film solar, SpectroLab’s CPV contract, $4.6m for membrane research at Delaware, Argonne’s nanocatalyst engineering, India’s electrical grid, breakthrough in nitrogenase synthesis, pulling fluorine out of fluorocarbons, NittoDenko’s desalination membranes…

Looking down at the Earth – 2015
While delivering a keynote at the University of Wisconsin River Fall’s new University Center I asked a group of 200 students (and 20 staff) if they had ever seen a picture of the planet taken from space. All hands went up. Then I asked […]

Solar research in Nevada, ASU high temp fuel cell membranes/electrolytes, Solaria start up, nanoscale design of photocatalytic nanotubes, solid state storage of gas, University of Rochester’s ethanol genome / membrane breakthroughs, nanoscale thermoelectric energy, nano-piezotronics…

More on terahertz…carbon transistors, Google’s ‘geo’ push, video telepresence, online video tools, WiMAX, OLEDs, MEMs, ‘chain link’ clothing (!), ‘black hole’ optical coatings, ultrahydrophobic coatings, etc…

. Intel announces ‘Tera Era’ of computing, improved H2 production from electrolysis, micro-storage systems for DoCoMo, non toxic nanoparticles coatings, OLED/silicon integration, OLED encapsulation alternatives, future related projects with magnetism / sensing systems (Houston, Texas), nanopumps, optical mirrors, etc.

“…somehow I know that only when it is dark enough - can you see the stars….”
Dr. Martin Luther King – I’ve Been to the Mountaintop (Full audio)
If we are to have a vision for the future of energy – it should be global abundance – not American ‘independence from foreign oil’. American […]

WiMax patents, web-based apps, embedded devices, integrated optical chips, nanowires, telescopic nanotubes, rapid DNA sequencing, nanoparticles delivery, bio-sensors, sea urchin genome sequencing, outsourcing manufacturing to E.coli, nanocatalyst grants, sulphur free fuels, flexible OLEDs…

I just ‘Stumbled upon’ another Google Earth ‘gliding’ interface called M3D Glider (also here) designed by a Netherlands based software firm – Medality (no current link available). This is only a few days after seeing Microsoft Vista’s embedded fly-through feature through Live Search. Thought it was worth a short post on […]

 
Bio-energy (protein electron transfer), Purdue’s biomass energy appliance, solid hydrogen storage, rapid nanotube assessment, ‘ultimate microscope’, nano ‘rachet’, microfluidics, bio-computing, nanoparticle coatings, RFIDs, mesh networks, India’s R&D workforce, micro-payments…

 
 
 
…organic compounds for optical devices, Zinc oxide nanowires, CMR (UK) ready to ‘inkjet’ print fuel cell membranes, DMFCs, biological energy solutions, bio-encapsulation

 
 
…nanoparticles for concrete production & climate change, PolyFuel’s new Board member, Japanese fuel cell breakthrough, Princeton University’s new fuel cell flow systems (!!!), cheaper catalysts, blue laser diodes, nano wet/dry interface..

(Older post from Jan 30, 2007)
Time to make this blog an open book on my thinking– rather than wait and gather my thoughts into stories– I am going to include some of my scanning results each day so you can see the ingredients that go into my forecasts…

(Older post from Jan. 2007 - could use an update- but I need to migrate all my posts from the old Wordpress first!!)
As the YouTube led video revolution fades as the novel story of this digital age, we can see quite clearly that virtual worlds such as Second Life are ready for their mainstream media […]

(Reposted from older version of my blog… 1/07)
Even though the media might emphasize a ‘crisis’ mode when it comes to the future of energy - innovation continues. And despite our geopolitical challenges - there is a lot to be thankful about when it comes to our ability to innovate around fundamental research […]